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UNITED sTATsMljTENT'"ornerOE.Iflfv MOSES FERRE, OE WILLIAMSBURG,MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE TOR EORMING coLrnETS,` WASHERS, AND oTHEru ARTICLES Fon THEV YMANUFACTURE 0E BUTTONS AND OTHER PURPOSES. A

To all 'whom it may concern Y Be it known that I, MOSES FERRE, ofI-Iaydensville, Williamsburg, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements iny machinesl for formingcollets, washers, and other articles from metallic disks for themanufacture of but- -tons and for other purposes; and'I do hereby andFig. G, a view of the inner face of the feeding apparatus, the dieboxand their appendages. The other figures represent individual partsVin detail, like parts being designated by the same let'ters ofreference.

a, a, is the frame of the machine, which may be in part of wood, butwhich I prefer` to make altogether of metal; it is represented assupported upon Vfeet T, 'l'. The driving, or main, shaft b, b, has onone end a band wheel g, by which the motive power is to be communicatedto it. The shaft b, carries a cam c, shown separately in Fig. 3.; andalso an eccentric c', which is surrounded by a hoop, or ring, p; thislatter is connected to the piston 0, 0, by a joint, as representedseparately in Fig. 2, and ope-rates as a crank, in a manner well known.

The piston o, slides in a box n, n, attached to the frame, and shownendwise in Fig. 9. The outer end of the piston 0, is made to receivepunches o', of diferent forms, adapting them to the particular vdutythey are intended to perform; whether it be to cut a piece out from thecenter of a blank, to turn up a rim on its edge, or edges, or otherwise.The head a', of the machine is also made to receive different die boxes'/m, one of which is shown separately at Fig. 7 these die boxes are heldin place by set screws,'in the usual manner; the several screws marked(Z, al, are set screws for this and other purposes. f

I will now proceed to describe the manner of constructing the feedingapparatus, and the parts auxiliary thereto.

f JD, D, isa semi-cylindrical trough in which the blanks are placededgewise.

ai, m, is Va follower which slides through a tube W, and is carried upagainst the blanks by the weight B, attached to a leather strap whichpasses around a roller Z, the shaft of which roller forms a pinionthattakes into a rack on the underside of the follower W, shownseparately in Fig. 4. By this arrangement, the blanks are kept incontact withthe feeding apparatus. In Fig. 6, f, is what I denominate asawgate-feeder, which is made to slide up and down in grooved guidepieces, g, g. Against the back of this saw-gate-feeder the blanks areborne up by the follower W, and at every vibration of the Y gate one iscarried down into the die box through the channel j, made l of asuitable width and depth for that purpose. C, is a spring attached atits lower end to the gate, and carrying a pin, or catch,

at its upper end, which pin passesthroughiv i' the gate and insures thebringingdown of'a blank. A capv i, is adapted to the face of theV dieboxand tothe kind of blank to Vbe opthere is a space, coresponding withthat of the channel j, for admitting the blank. i V

The following is the manner of vibrating the saw-gate-feeder. Vu, is alever working' I' r` on a fulcrum at u', and which isfmadetofvfy vibrateby the cam c, that acts upon a roller.-

y S, on the upper end of the staff, or rod, V0, t .t

which passes through an Vopening in' theframe, andthe lower end of whichis *con-finected to the lever u. From the oppositeV end of this leverascends a rod, or staff, e, which' carries the arm it, attached to itand to the:

gate f, rwhich it raises in its ascent, and c which is carried down bythe spring A,-. bearing on thelever u. At every revolution j A K l 'f ofthe cam c, there will, therefore, be a com plete vibration of thefeeding gate, Vand a blank will be brought down.` On each sideof' f' thevpunch 0, there is a spring r1,'attachedthe box n, the ends of whichcurve inwards,

in front of the punch, and serve to force off the collets from'its endas it retracts from? the die, and the spring e, causes them-to 1 t dropdown as they are forced off, and re- 'f moves all danger of their flyingback the die box.

Having thus, fully made known theman` ner in which I construct andarrange the respective parts of my improved machine for formingcollet-s, Washers, and other articles, from metallic disks, for themanufacturing 5`0 buttons, or for other purposes, what I claim thereinas new, and desire to vsecure by Letters Patent, is-

The manner in which I have combined and arranged the respective partsconstitut- 10 ing the feeding apparatus, as herein set forth; that is tosay I claim, in combination,

the trough D, with its follower; the gate f i with its spring catch C;the channel j, and the cap i, operated upon, and coperating with eachother, in effecting the purpose de- 15 s scribed, and substantially inthe manner herein made lmOWiH- MOSES FERRE.

Witnesses IVM. I-IU'roHINs, S. WELLS.

